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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several key threats and trends. Ransomware continues to be a significant concern, with attackers increasingly targeting critical infrastructure. Phishing attacks are evolving, utilizing sophisticated social engineering tactics to bypass traditional defenses. Additionally, vulnerabilities in widely used software are being actively exploited, emphasizing the need for timely patch management. The rise of artificial intelligence in cyberattacks is also notable, as it aids in automating and enhancing the effectiveness of malicious activities. Organizations are urged to strengthen their security posture through continuous training and adopting advanced threat detection technologies.
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A Trend Micro security researcher claims to have discovered a new type of malware infection on the Google Android platform that acts as an SMS (text message) relay.
Building on a presentation he made at the Infosecurity Europe event in late April, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, has warned of the danger that the internet could become a cyberconflict vehicle for governments to attack each other.
Travelodge has confirmed that a "small number" of customers have received a spam e-mail via a third party, but insists that no financial data is at risk.
The European Union (EU) is planning new legislation to mandate companies to publicly admit that they have suffered a data breach.
The reputation of the Russian ChronoPay e-money service has taken a further battering after a security researcher linked the co-founder of the service - who has apparently fled from Russia - with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a competitor.
Users of the Installous software - an extensible code environment for jailbroken Apple iPhones - could be in for a shock if they are thinking of upgrading to a jailbroken version of iOS5, which is already doing the rounds of the iPhone cognoscenti.
Twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who claim Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site Facebook, have abandoned legal attempts to renegotiate the original $65m settlement.
Authorities in Cyprus have shut down a major pirate TV operation that offered illegal subscriptions to BSkyB, Nova and BFBS payTV subscription services.
Hell hath no fury like a hacker scorned, it seems, as a Dutch hacking crew called TeaMp0ison has effectively declared a cyberwar between its members and the LulzSec hacktivist group.
A rising volume of research has suggested of late that internet users make frequent re-use of passwords, as well as using relatively weak passwords that are easy to brute force hack. Now a security researcher claims his research suggests that - irony of ironies - hackers are equally slovenly when it...
As the first arrest allegedly associated with the LulzSec hacktivist group has taken place, Rob Rachwald, director of security with Imperva, has detailed who the group's leaders are.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) took Citigroup to task for not informing its credit card holders about the data breach affecting 360,000 North American customers, during a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
Germany has launched a national cyber defense center in Bonn aimed mainly at protecting critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.
Kaspersky Lab has announced that a new feature of its security software - File Advisor - will use cloud threat intelligence to verify the safety of Adobe PDF files.
As the first arrest allegedly associated with the LulzSec hacktivist group has taken place, Rob Rachwald, director of security with Imperva has detailed who the group's leaders are.
Over half of IT personnel view everyday threats from malware and spyware as their number one security concern, not headline-grabbing attacks like Stuxnet, Night Dragon, and Operation Aurora, according to a survey by vulnerability management provider eEye Digital Security.
The website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is reported to have been hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for most of the last 24 hours.
The rash of apparently successful hacks against major corporates in recent weeks has hit the headlines but, says Rik Ferguson, director of security research with Trend Micro, it does not represent an internet meltdown as some experts are saying.
A growing number of PC users are downloading 'cracked' versions of popular paid-for software but, says Brian Krebs, a leading security researcher, there is a distinct security risk attached to this type of pirated software.
The trend of consumerization facing many enterprise-based IT departments is also being felt in the public sector, even in areas where confidentiality and security are paramount. This was the message imparted by the NSA’s Debora Plunkett during a special session at today’s Gartner Security & Risk...